A Cooperation Agreement on economic development between Kyrgyzstan and Aga Khan Fund is signed

Bishkek, October 31. (KABAR). The meeting of Kyrgyz President Askar Akaev with Prince Aga Khan was held in the
Government House. In the course of the meeting, an Agreement on Economic Development between the Kyrgyz Republic
and Aga Khan Fund is signed by Finance Minister of Kyrgyzstan Bolot Abildaev and Director of the Aga Khan Fund Yen
Chein.

In words of A. Akaev, this agreement is a fundamental for further cooperation between Kyrgyzstan and Aga Khan Fund.
The data agreement will raise cooperation into a new level and expand spheres of interactions between the Kyrgyz Republic
and Aga Khan Fund. First of all, the Agreement determines priority fields of cooperation of Kyrgyzstan and Aga Khan
Fund, and will create favorable conditions for activity of the Fund in the republic. Thus, it will assist to economic
development by strengthening and developing finance sector, tourism, inflow of investments, development of industrial
chambers of the republic.